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Navigating the Unexpected

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Mom-Life in a Pandemic + That’s Just Every Day!

 

I thought my life was going to dramatically change this year. My youngest was heading off to kindergarten, and I was going to have 35 hours of uninterrupted single-minded brain activity a week where once I had zero. With all this newfound brain space (plus the reinstallation of my personal bubble), I was envisioning doing all the things I hadn’t done with my life over the last decade and dedicating that time and space to something other than wiping noses, pulling teeth, coordinating playdates, and warding off the World War III of sibling rivalry.

 

My self-diagnosed adult Read more

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We Are Never Too Far

Nemo in a coral reef

Jesus Goes to Great Lengths to Find Us

 

“How deep the Father’s love for us,

How vast beyond all measure,

That he should give His only Son,

To make a wretch His treasure.”

-“How Deep the Father’s Love For Us” lyrics, Stuart Townend

 

Finding Nemo is one of my personal favs in the world of Disney. Not only is it a menagerie of God’s creation of aquatic life set off the coast of Oceana and a beautifully animated tale about a school of fish riding a magic school bus (insert an enthusiastic stingray in place of the red-headed, eccentrically dressed nut), but it’s a larger-than-life adventure of a clownfish in search of his lost son. Beneath the cuteness of the story is Read more

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In Times of Change

Leaves falling

“I’m Holding on Tight to You”

 

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”

-Hebrews 13:8

 

Do you have a bear or stuffie that you sleep with every night? Chances are, that stuffie brings you a lot of comfort, doesn’t he? No matter what is going on in life, or whatever fear you may have, you know that your beloved stuffed turtle or unicorn or favorite fuzzy blanket is right there with you through all the hard things.

 

For my son, that special lovey is a little white, beanbag-stuffed bear. He used to be more fluffy, but Mr. Bear has been well-loved. Older than he once was, there’s a kind of cuteness in the way he slumps over, and we have to be Read more

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Doors Thrown Open

A Disney Frozen-themed devotional for kids

 

“…We throw open our doors to God and discover at the same moment that he has already thrown open his door to us. We find ourselves standing where we always hoped we might stand—out in the wide open spaces of God’s grace and glory…”

-Romans 5:1-2 (MSG)

 

Have you ever set your sights on something you wanted to accomplish, and circumstances outside your control prevented you from achieving your goal? People sometimes call that a closed door. On a more positive note, there is the familiar phrase, “When God closes a door, He opens a window.” Though it might sound like Read more

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Love Changes Everything

A FROZEN DEVOTIONAL FOR ADULT DISNEY LOVERS

 

“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear.” -1 John 4:18

 

On this earth, there is no perfect love. No matter how great our earthly relationships, whether family or friends that God has placed in our lives, we have not experienced a love that is without its insecurities. Life is uncertain. Some know this reality all too well. Death, divorce, abuse, personal struggles with insecurity, and other hardships can make relationships seem all too, well…broken. Frozen’s Elsa is one who knows this truth well. In her musical duet with Anna, “For the First Time in Forever (Reprise),” where the sisters duo back and forth with increasing intensity, Elsa finally cries out, “There’s so much fear!”

 

Because of her childhood memory of accidentally hurting her sister with her icy powers, and her parents’ subsequent plan to keep her hidden away in her bedroom, Elsa has little faith or trust in love or relationships. She feels that she alone is responsible for keeping her personal world safe, and that she will do—by remaining in isolation from all people.

 

The movie depicts Elsa’s condition as having a “frozen heart.” She has learned through her circumstances to bury her feelings and remain coldhearted to the people all around her. She won’t let anyone in. It’s a depressing situation for Elsa and those closest to her.

 

All of this, Elsa admits, is motivated by Keep Reading

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Why Buzz and Woody’s Story is Our Story

 

On the first day of school this year, my son came home saying a boy on the bus told him there were two things he needed to do to be cool: 1) own a pair of Vans (a brand of shoes that were, mind you, brag-worthy in my day and have made a recent comeback) and 2) play a certain well-known video game. That’s it. That was this kid’s recipe for cool. Only problem was, Keep Reading

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Hollywood’s Most Worthy Girl Power Moment of 2019:

Princess Jasmine is Modern-Day Esther

 

One of Disney’s most noteworthy business objectives of this decade is modernizing their classics through live-action remakes. It makes perfect sense: Disney reeled out box office successes in record-breaking proportions every year from the time I went to kindergarten until the year I learned to drive. I’m the generation of The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and The Lion King, and now I have kids of my own. Disney might have just found a way to replicate the level of excitement I had in meeting a Disney character for the first time and getting their autograph by reinventing my beloved childhood favorites in a way that my children and I will want to watch together. It’s nothing short of business genius to put a modern spin on these classics from Disney’s Renaissance Era [1]and reintroduce them in live-action sequence 30 years later.

 

The most obvious choice in a strategy to modernize, and one it seems Disney has prescribed to, is by inserting some girl power into the story line. Celebrating the strength of femininity helps bring the story up to present day, or in this case to some 2,500 years ago. Keep Reading

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21 Gospel Parallels from Disney’s The Lion King (2019)

I’m not sure how to say this out loud, but the original The Lion King was never one of my favorites growing up. Too sad. In fact, it was the first movie in which I cried while watching. So, whenever I look back on the movie, it’s the Read more

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